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Pete Rose Way – Cincinnati Reds Stadium – Ohio

Pete Rose Way - Cincinnati Reds Stadium - Ohio

In 1985 the City of Cincinnati renamed the city’s Second Street to Pete Rose Way after the famous baseball player. The road lies just outside of the Cincinnati Red’s stadium, which lies along the Ohio River Waterfront. Pete Rose, despite the gambling scandal that forced his retirement as a baseball manager in 1989, remains a home town hero. He was a Major League Baseball player from 1963 to 1986, playing for the Cincinnati Reds twice, as well as the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Montreal Expos. He would eventually become a manager for the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 until 1989. 

Welcome to Freedom – Indiana

Welcome to Freedom - Indiana

Freedom is a small town in central Indiana, founded in 1834, with a population of approximately 1400. As a small rural farming community in the Midwest, its tempting to assign a special mythos to the founding of this community and the origin of its name, something based on the American values expressed in its constitution – freedom, liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness. However Freedom, derives its name from Joseph Freeland, an early settler of the community.  In its heyday, Freedom was a busy river port, shipping timber, grain, beaver pelts, and livestock up and down the White River on flatboats. These days, life is much quieter.

Tell City Hall Sign – Indiana

Tell City Hall Sign - Indiana

Tell City, named after William Tell, and built by Swiss immigrants from Cincinnati, sits on the banks of the Ohio River on the border of Indiana and Kentucky. It was founded in 1858.

William Tell is a famous folk hero of Switzerland, known as an expert marksman with a crossbow, with the ability to easily shoot an apple off of someone’s head without harming them. He has been associated with a variety of historic events in Switzerland, including being instrumental in the  founding of the Swiss Confederacy itself. In most cases he is depicted like a Robinhood figure,  fighting against evil tyrannical rulers and foreign powers like the Austrian Hapsburg Dynasty.